Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
DAILY HERALD.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Mayor WOrkman's Recon-.
mendatiOn Adopted.
IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS
Ordinance for the Election for
School Bonds on August M2
25th, Adopted.

The City Council met yesterday after.
noon, President Breed in the Chair
Councilmen Goss, Stearns, John.
son, Gibbs, Lowell, Teed, Khurts
Willard, Collins. Perry and Hitler
present.
After the reading and adoption Of
the minutes the following business
was transacted:
OFFICERS REPORTS.
The Auditor presented his trial bal
ance for the month ending June 30th,
and also the balance for the week end
ing July 23d. Referred to Finance
Committee.
The Zanjero reported expenditures
of $l0S during the past week. Re-
ferred to Finance Committee.
The Superintendent of Streets re-
ported expenditures Of $522.75 during
the past week. Referred to Finance
Committee.
The Chief of Police reported the
collection of $332.5O, delinquent
licenses for June. Referred to Finance
Committee.
HEALTH AND sPRINKLING.
The Board of Health recommended
that ordinance No. SO, prohibiting the
carrying Of swill through the public
streets during certain hours be
amended SO as to read: "The carry
ing of swill or garbage through the
public streets of Los Angeles except
between the hours OF 9 o'clock P. NJ.
and 9 O'Clock A. NJ. is hereby prohib-
tied" The City Attorney was in
structed to draw the ordinance and the
report was adopted.
On petition of Mary H. Banning et
al, recommended that petition be
granted and the Superintendent Of
Streets be instructed to locate and
erect hydrants. Adopted.
Recommended that the Superin.
tendent of Streets be notified to erect
sprinkling hydrant at the northeast
corner Of. the Catholic cemetery, also
one on Buena Vista street near the
bridge. Adopted.
Recommended that the Health off.
GERS abate the nuisance cited in peti.
ton of E. M. Hamilton. Adopted.
The following was presented by the
Board of Health signed by all the
members except Councilman Lowell.
Referring to the communications OF
the Board of Trade and Deputy Super
intendent of Streets in reference to
street sprinkling, your Board Of
Health beg leave to state that the
street sprinkling is done under the SUI
pervision OF the Board of Health. On
the 7th day of March 1887, the city
entered into contract with ID. f.
Donegan to do the street sprinkline
for the sum of $40 per cart for 10
hours work. The sprinkling was not
done to the satisfaction of the Board
Of Health, in consequence OF
which an inspector was appointed
whose duty it was to see that the
work was done in a more efficient
manner, since when better work has
been done, but the Board of Health
is aware that the service is not what
it should be and have so informed the
the contractor and inspector. One OF
the reasons assigned by the contractor
for not doing better work is the lack
of sufficient hydrants. The Board Of
Health have tried to remedy this by
recommending that more hydrants be
put in, but so far the City Water Com.
pany has refused to put in such hy-
drants although notified by the Coun.
ell to do so. The Board of Health are
anxious to have the streets sprinkled
in good and efficient manner
and is doing all in its
power to have the work sc
done. We think it poor policy and
very little economy to reduce the
number of springling carts, as has
been done. In fact, more carts are
absolutely necessary. Our citizens
are complaining in every direction fol
the want OF sprink1ing Nothing il
more conducive to the health an6
well-being of our city than stree
sprinkling, and we favor the sprink.
ling, at least twice day (morning ant
evening" of the principal streets and
thoroughfares leading into the city
especially those streets which have
been sprinkled heretofore. We, there
fore, recommend that the Board oi
Health, under the authority given by
the ordinances of the city, be instruct
ed to increase the number of sprink.
ling carts to twenty-five if necessary
and that the Board of Health be au.
thorized to have such streets sprinkled
as it may deem necessary.
Mr.. Lowell said he wanted to ex-
plain why he did not sign the report.
He did not believe in any special leg
islation for certain streets, and if one
street had been picked out to be
sprinkled, then others also should be
selected. Some of the streets, il
sprinkled, will not ever be graded.
He moved to strike out the portion
referring to "such streets as had been
sprinkled heretofore" Motion sec.
nded by Nr. Stearns.
Mr.. Goss hoped that the motion
would not prevail for some of the
streets were in such a condition that
it was a public necessity that they
should be sprinkled.
Mr.. Breed explained that the ordi
nance and contract left the sprinklinf
in the hands of the Board of Health
which wanted the Council to agret
with that authority, since thert
seemed to be a misunderstanding a,
to the power conferred.
Clerk Teed read the contract, an(
Mr.. Lowell said that it seemed that the
latter part of the report was unneces
sary.
Mr.. Kuhrts moved that the Boart
of Health be authorized to sprinkle
all the principal streets leading into
the city. Seconded by several.
Mr.. Lowell said that in regard tC
South Main street it needed to bt
graded and now was the time to make
the property owners do the work.
Mr.. Collins thought that the matter
should be left with the Board o.
Health. He would accept Mr.
Kuhrts' amendment if the number o.
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